Quickie

"I had plenty of enemies before too, I don't think it would matter much," said Ash to Alice.

"You don't understand this time, it's different, Mattison wasn't alone in his Game business and his death has pretty much ruined their livelihood so they don't have anything left to lose" said Alice.

"I don't understand why you are saying these things to me. First of all, you talk about maintaining peace, if you knew the kind of work Mattison did why didn't you try to stop it" began Ash.

"The CIA only works for the good of its people" interrupted Alice.

"No they only work for money, they only work for the good of their own people, you are just a pawn for them, if you don't want to see the truth about the people you work for, its not my fault, but I am not the one you should be keeping tabs on rather actually do the work you claim you do," said Ash. Alice wasn't happy with what Ash had said. Ash couldn't understand how such smart women couldn't see such simple truths.

"Who exactly have I offended so much by killing Mattison, maybe I'll be on the lookout for them and try to avoid any confrontation," said Ash to make Alice feel better, he did felt she had a good heart and he also wanted to make sure that none of the girls got mixed in this shit.

"Like you, Mattison also had a handler, Mattison was really difficult to deal with so we sent one of our best, after Mattison's death when things started escalating on the black market, she tried to handle it on her own since she felt responsible for it, she went missing a few days ago, we have no idea where she is and she was really strong, that's when we realized how bad things were getting," said Alice. She had a solemn expression on her face. Ash was sad to know that he had a small part to play in the disappearance of an innocent person.

"Did you know her? Mattison's handler" asked Ash.

"Yes, we were in the same batch at the academy; she was kind of my only friend there, although we didn't get much time to keep in contact because of our job later," said Alice.

"I am sorry, I guess you could blame me, but there really wasn't anything I could have done, he had also tried to hurt someone really close to me," said Ash.

"No, it wasn't your fault; she was always a bit reckless, and well bad people do bad things. They don't need a reason for it" said Alice.

"Still, if you need my help with anything, I am here," said Ash.

"So whose the lucky girl?" asked Alice.

"What?" said Ash.

"You said, he hurt someone close to you; it had to be a girl; I have to say I am a little hurt; I thought you were just a loner after you didn't give any reaction to my advances," said Alice.

"Oh, wouldn't it have interfered with your work?" asked Ash now leaning forward on the table, closing in their distance.

"No, it a pretty common thing, handlers sleeping with their wards, only casual though we can't involve any feelings, and it makes sense since we don't get to meet too many nice men in this job," said Alice leaning forward herself, giving a nice view down her shirt.

"Well, too bad then; wait, don't tell me you have replaced me with Ford," said Ash.

"No, he is too Ford for my taste," said Alice, and Ash knew exactly what she meant. Ash didn't take this particular line of conversation any further since he wasn't sure if he should involve any more women in his life, especially when he was just about leaving for the shadow realm.

"Well, contact me if you need any help with your friend, you can use the method I told you about last time and I don't think you would be having any more trouble from my side since I will be someplace else for a few days, so maybe you should spend some time investigating your missing friend," said Ash getting up.

"You aren't going to tell me where you are going then?" she asked, getting up too.

"Maybe not yet," said Ash and said Goodbye and left.

Ash entered his apartment; he was greeted by the sight of Thea's boobs as she was changing. There wasn't much space, so they were changing in the living room. Thea hurriedly covered herself and gave Ash a reproachful look.

"Sorry, sorry," said Ash, and covering his eyes, he went to his room. Inside were Willow and Sarah. They were dressed, Willow was packing a bag, and Sarah was lying on the bed talking to Willow. She got up when she saw Ash and came running and hugged him. Ash looked down at the beautiful woman, she was the one who brought all these changes to his life and he was really glad for that. He kissed her with affection and showed her his appreciation in earnest.

"You seem rather happy," said Ash.

"Yeah, after what you did today Thea left me alone, and it looks like she will be the one in my place from now on, Maya also seemed to have liked seeing her like that," said Sarah.

"So, when are we leaving then?' asked Ash to Willow while holding Sarah.

"In about half an hour," said Willow "What did you need to do so urgent Master?" asked Willow.

Ash told them, in short, what he was doing. Willow who had no idea about CIA didn't react much, but Sarah did.

"You are on the CIA's radar?' asked Sarah taken aback.

"Well, I am the devil, so it makes sense," said Ash "But it's nothing to worry about, I have it handled".

"Do they know about me too?" asked Sarah.

"Not now, but they are pretty persistent and we haven't exactly tried to hide you or anything. Why do you ask?" asked Ash.

"Well, I am not proud but I don't really have a clean record, I mean I never did anything wrong, but sometimes I was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Sarah.

"Don't worry then, I am sure they have more important things to do" said Ash.

"Since we do have half an hour left?" said Sarah and she looked at him slyly.

"Not again" muttered Willow, but Ash wasn't going to refuse Sarah. So they decided to have a quickie.